The crew that left Wednesday is led by Assistant Chief Duane Bogardus and also includes firefighters Toby Jones, Richard Spackmann, Nate King and Adam Towers.

"They request the time off from their employers, if they are not self-employed or unemployed, and some employers are very understanding," district Secretary Joyce Petkus said. "But some of the firefighters do have to use vacation or personal time, and other firefighters just don't get paid for the time they are not at work."

For the past week, Greenfield Fire Department collected donations of clothes and supplies that Petkus planned to deliver to a fire department in East Meadow, Long Island, on Friday (after press deadline).

Wilton and West Crescent fire departments were the first ones from Saratoga County to respond after the storm struck, followed by Greenfield and Halfmoon-Waterford.